Himesh Jitendra Patel aka Himesh Patel is an English actor who rose to stardom after playing the role of Tamwar Masood on the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Patel also portrayed the iconic role of Jack Malik in the romantic comedy film Yesterday in 2019. His other notable films and series are The Aeronauts, Motherland, and Damned.

Parents Born in Africa

Himesh Patel was born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, on 13th October 1990. As per his nationality, he is British, and he belongs to Asian ethnicity.

Patel parents were born in Africa. His mother was born in Zambia while his father's birth took place in Kenya. He was raised speaking Gujarati.

Attended Prince William School

Himesh Patel schooled at Prince William in Oundle, Northamptonshire. At the age of eleven, he was cast as Michael Aspel in a school play, This Is Your Life, Santa Claus.

After that small play, Patel was sent for a local theatre group, Key Youth Theatre in Peterborough. He became the finest member of the Young Actor's Company in Cambridge where he took several film classes as well.

Himesh also took a piano class in an early age and bought a £100 electric guitar. He began playing guitar at the early age of thirteen.

Jack Malik in 'Yesterday'

Himesh Patel started his acting career in 2007 with the role of Tamwar Masood in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders. He appeared in the series until 2016, sharing the screen with Don Gilet and Janet Dibley.

In 2013, Patel appeared as a jazz dancer in BBC's UK charity Children in Need. From 2016 to 2018, he portrayed Nitin in the sitcom show Damned.

Himesh was cast as Amit in the television series Climaxed and Mr. Glencuddy in the TV show Motherland in 2017.